Railway-tie.



H. KOHLMYER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.13, 1910.

993, 1 76. Patented May 23,1911.

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KOHLMYER, 0F LORAIN, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY KOHLMYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved railwaytie, embodying simple, inexpensive and novel means for clamping a railthereto.

The primary aim of the invention is to provide a .railway tie in whichthe rail clamping means consists merely of a suitable length of bar orrod material, the employment of expensive and complicated clamps beingin this manner obviated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of railchair and a novel arrangement of this chair with the ties and railclamping devices embodying the present invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a vertical longitudinalsectional View through a portion of a railway track, the rails and chairshown in side elevation and the ties being shown in section. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the said portion of track. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view on theline 4- 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of one of therail clamps embodying the present invention. Fig. 6 is a similar viewillustrating a slightly modified form of clamp.

In the drawings, there are shown two rails indicated by the numeral 10and connected by ordinary fish plates 11. The ties for supporting theserails are indicated by the numeral 12 and are preferably in the form ofI-beams of suitable length, the base of each tie being indicated by thenumeral 13 and the rail supporting head thereof by the numeral 1 1.

Each tie 12 is formed in the opposite side or longitudinal edges of itshead 14: with notches certain of which are indicated by the numeral 15and the others by the numeral 16. More specifically speaking, eachlongitudinal edge of the head of each tie is formed, near each end ofthe tie, with one of the notches 15 and one of the notches 16. Thenotches 15 extend inwardly at right angles from the edges of the head inwhich edges they are formed, whereas the notches 16 extend inwardly atan acute angle from Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 13, 1910. Serial No. 597,018.

Patented May 23, 1911.

the edges in which they are "formed and in a direction toward thecorresponding or adjacent notches 15. The distance between the innerends of each set of notches 15 and 16 is equal substantially to thewidth of the base flange of the rail disposed upon the head so that thesaid inner ends of these notches will coincide with the edges of thesaid base flange of the rail. The ties are of course so disposed thatthe notches 15 of all of the ties at. corresponding ends will be inalinement in the direction of extent of the track way and this also istrue of the notches 16. With the ties thus positioned, the rails areproperly disposed thereon and are clamped thereto by clamping devicesembodying the present invention.

Each of the clamps above mentioned is formed either from a length of baror rod material which is bent to form spaced portions 17 and aconnecting portion 18. While these clamps are of stout bar or rodmaterial, they being shown as of the former material in Fig. 5 and asmade of the latter material in Fig. 6, they are malleable so that whenthey are disposed with their spaced portions 17 projecting into thenotches 15 and 16, their said spaced portions may be struck down intoclamping engagement with the base flange of the rail.

It will be readily understood from an inspection of the drawings that inassembling the clamping devices with the ties, one spaced portion 17 ofeach tie is inserted into one of the notches 16 and the clamp then hasits other said ortion 17 seated in the related notch 15. support of anysuitable sort is then disposed beneath the connecting portion 18 of theclamp and the portions of the parts 17 of the clamp projecting above thebase flange of the rail, are struck down with a hammer or other suitableimplement. In this manner, the rail is firmly clamped upon the head ofthe tie. Inasmuch as the spaced portions of the clamp, when struck downinto clamping engagement with the base flange of the rail, snuglyembrace the said flange, and one of the said portions of each flange isseated in the notch 16 and prevented from leaving this notch, owing toits snug engagement with the base flange of the rall, the other spacedportion will also be prevented from leaving the other notch 15.

At the point of connection of the meeting ends of the two rails, thereis provided a rail chair, the base of which is indicated by the numeral19 and the side flanges by the numeral 20, these flanges receivingbetween them the base flange of the rail disposed upon the tie. It willbe observed that at points coincident with the ties 12, the

flanges 20' of the rail chair are cut away as at 21 and that the spacedportions of the clamping devices engage in the cut away portions of thechair so that longitudinal movement of the chair is prevented.

What is claimed is: I

1. In a railway tie, a body having a flat rail supporting head, the headbeing formed in one side edge with spaced notches, one of the notchesbeing extended toward the other notch at an acute angle to the said edgeof the head, the distance between the inner end of the first mentionednotch and the corresponding end of the other notch being. substantiallyequal to the width of the base of a rail supported upon the head, andmeans for holding a rail to the tie comprising a clamp having spacedportions and a connecting portion, the spaced portions being inserted inthe notches and being adapted to be bent into clamping engage ment withthe rail.

inner end of the first mentioned notch and the corresponding end of theother notch being substantially equal to the width of the base of a railsupported upon the head, and means for holding a rail to the tiecomprising a clamp having spaced portions and a connecting portion, thespaced port-ions being inserted in the notches and being adapted to bebent into clamping engagement with the rail, the connecting portion ofthe clamp ext-ending beneath the side of the head between the notches.

3. In a railway tie, a body having a flat rail supporting head, the headbeing formed in one side edge with spaced notches, the notches beingrelatively angularly positioned, the distance bet-ween the inner end ofthe notches being substantially equal to the width of the base of a railsupported upon the head, and'means for holding the rail to the headcomprising a clamp having spaced portlo-ns and a connecting portion, thespaced portlons being inserted in the notches and being adapted to bebent into' portion, the clamp being disposed with the spaced portionsengaging in the notches near the said edge of the tie and struck downinto clamping engagement with the base flange of the rail, the saidspaced portions engaging in the cut away portions of the chair.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY KOHLMYER. Witnesses G. A. FRIDAY, C. E. KENT.

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